Legislative Scrutiny: Children and Families Bill; Energy Bill

Human Rights Joint Committee - Third Report
Legislative Scrutiny: Children and Families Bill; Energy Bill

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 18 June 2013.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Children and Families Bill

Background

Information provided by the Department

Child Rights Impact Assessment by the Children's Commissioner

Adoption and looked after children (Part 1)

(a) 'Fostering for adoption' placements

(b) Requirement to give due regard to child's ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic background

Family Justice (Part 2)

Presumption about involvement of both parents

Special Educational Needs (Part 3)

(a) Progressive realisation of the right to inclusive education

(b) Participation of disabled children in the life of their local community

(d) Direct rights of appeal

(e) Detained children and young people

The Children's Commissioner (Part 5)

(a) "Have regard to" or "promote and protect" the rights in the UNCRC?

(b) Independence

(d) Annual debate in Parliament

Statutory rights to shared parental leave and pay (Part 6)

2 Energy Bill

Proposed use of secondary legislation in relation to information powers

Capacity incentives and the right of appeal

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Declaration of Lords' Interests

List of written evidence

Written Evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament